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urban mining

process of recovering rare metals from stockpiles of discarded electrical and electronic equipment through mechanical and chemical treatments
Class type of: metal recycling, electronic waste recycling Q2500233

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Subclass of
metal recycling, electronic waste recycling[1][2]
🏷️ Also known as
en urban mining en digger gold de Stadtschürfung es minería urbana ja 都市鉱山 ja E-ウェスト ja E-ウェイスト ja Eウェイスト ja イーウェイスト ko 도시광산 pt mineração urbana zh 都市採礦 zh 都市礦山
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1124842896
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Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122g8hyf
Quora topic ID
Urban-Mining

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electronic waste recycling
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